CS Luxem celebrates long-awaited release with joyful Bottleneck show

It seems like the Lawrence scene has been waiting about 70 years, but on Saturday night CS Luxem finally released one of the most anticipated local albums of the decade. Symptoms, an absolute masterpiece, solidifies the genius behind Luxem’s distinctive brand of feel-good songwriting capabilities. To celebrate, he assembled a sort of who’s-who of the local scene to play onstage with him. Members of Westerners, Arc Flash, and more collaborated onstage as they played the album straight through.

Joining him for this exquisite ride were indie darlings Hush Machine, who opened the show with engaging numbers enjoyed by both the younger college kids and old fogies in the scene. Kawehi made a rare and exciting appearance with her beatboxing, one-woman show. The local Queen of pop delighted with her originals and covers, but it was her version of NIN’s “Closer” (a song that helped her rise to YouTube fame) that absolutely thrilled the masses.

Delhi 2 Dublin is a live-electronic, bhangra, hip-hop, world-pop, hybrid act whose concerts have been likened to '90 minutes of freebasing joy'. Famous for their energy onstage, the four member crew has played over 100 shows a year for the last decade at festivals like Electric Forest (USA), Woodford Folk (Australia) and Bali Spirit Festival (Indonesia). Connecting roots to the future, D2D features a heavy electronic backbone with live traditional Indian instruments (dhol, tabla), fiddle, and the stunning punjabi-english vocals of frontman Sanjay Seran. Their latest release 'We're All Desi' sees the notorious genre smashers continue to evolve into fresh sonic territory. Teaming up with producer Nick Middleton (The Funk Hunters), the result is a battle call for a quickening world - more truth, more smiles… and a lot more bass.